Dark khaki

#b5ae1b

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark khaki, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark khaki is a deep yellow, serious at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark khaki color values

Every conversion for #b5ae1b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5ae1b

RGB181, 174, 27

HSL57, 74%, 41%

HSV57, 85%, 71%

CMYK0%, 4%, 85%, 29%

Lab69.59, -12.65, 67.54

XYZ34.39, 40.17, 6.98

Decimal11906587

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone398 C

Shades of dark khaki

#a69f19 #969016 #878114 #777312 #68640f #58550d #49460b #3a3709 #2a2806 #1b1a04

Tints of dark khaki

#cec61f #dfd72a #e3dc42 #e7e05b #eae574 #eeea8d #f2eea5 #f5f3be #f9f7d7 #fdfcef

Colors that go with dark khaki

Complementary#1b22b5 Analogous#b5611b Analogous#6fb51b Triadic#1bb5ae Triadic#ae1bb5 Split complementary#1b6fb5 Split complementary#611bb5

Dark khaki in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 85, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5ae1b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 85 29

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 82 35

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark khaki in css

Copy #b5ae1b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5ae1b; }
.text { color: #b5ae1b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5ae1b; }

How dark khaki looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark khaki and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b5ae1b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5ae1b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark khaki on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b5ae1b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark khaki? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark khaki into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b5ae1b and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark khaki, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #b5ae1b is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.